Chapter 6: Partners

Being pushed forward sucked on so many accounts, yet I can't say that I regretted it for one single moment. For in that instant, I felt like I was back in Twilight Academy with the girl of my dreams. Unfortunately, this feeling didn't last as Xion pushed me back in panic.

The whole room was quiet as I stood there listening to Xion's panicked breathing. Looking around, I felt a weight in my stomach as the people didn't stare at me. No, they stared at the girl that I accidentally kissed.

"Did you really regret it?" a part of my mind questioned. At that point, I was ready to say no when something stopped me. I didn't know why, but a part of me refused to answer the question as if it was fighting a civil war between two sides.

"I...I don't know." I answered in my head. For some apparent reason, it felt as if my mind was satisfied with the answer before receding back to where it sleeps.

Looking down to Xion, I can see the fear in her eyes as her pupils darted to and fro, scanning the room in case something bad was going to happen. In that case, it unfortunately did. It started with a girl standing up and by the looks of fear Xion is giving, she most likely knows her.

The girl who stood up seemed to be the rich girl who received everything in a gold platter. She had black hair but a much darker shade than Xion's. Her eyes were narrowed into slits while her hands were balled up with the sound of knuckles cracking.

Seeing how dangerous the situation is teetering, I quickly turned to the teacher giving him a look that is well recognized as "I need to get out of here as quickly as possible." Seeing how the situation will most likely deteriorate even further. He immediately wrote a pass for Xion and I and motioned me to come to him. Handing me the pass, nothing needed to be said as I bolted from the room with Xion in tow and not a moment to soon as a scream of anger emanated from the girl as she watched us leave.

I barely acknowledged Roxas as he dragged me out of the room and into safety, but I knew better. I could feel them boring a hole through me giving the message loud and clear even though no words have been spoken. My life in this school is about to get a whole lot worse as her friends will gang up on me with no hesitation.

"Hey...Hey! Xion are you all right?" Roxas asked. Looking up to him, I see his crystal blue eyes looking at me, his shining blue eyes staring at me. Then, my hand went to my head as a dream from the depths of my mind ripped through me as I attempted to fight off the pain.

"Am I...the one who did this to you?"

Feeling Roxas's arms around me, I looked up to see his face filled with worry as I attempted to steady myself against him.

"Hey, you alright?" he asked. Not trusting myself to speak, I only nodded as he managed to wrap his arm around me. For that moment, I unconsciously got closer to him, but he paid no mind most likely more concerned about my health.

"Hey are you sure, you don't need to see the nurse?" He asked as I nodded

After a few minutes, I felt that I was strong enough to start walking on my own. Placing my hand on Roxas's arm, I pushed myself off of him before I started walking side by side. We walked in silence, the events that transpired fresh in our minds. I desperately wanted to say something, but I couldn't for some reason.

"Hey, are you sure that you want to be partners with me? By the looks of some of them, they really noticed you asking me." Roxas said as I sighed.

"Yes, I still want to," I said. "By any chance, are we selecting either of our propositions"

Dismissing the question with a shrug, Roxas and I walked a few more minutes before he started up again.

"I mean, who said that we had to choose between the two?" he questioned as I look at him startled. "The assignment never said that we had to choose between two of our propositions. In fact, we can tie them in together." He finished it off.

As I was about to retort, a part of my mind slammed my mouth shut as I thought about it for a few moments. Sighing a bit since it will be a ton of work, I accepted his idea. With a lighter mood, we went back to class, the conversation starting up again as we went.

"So are we still heading to the beach with the others?" I asked as we neared the familiar door that held many of my enemies.

"Yeah, even if it's our project doesn't mean others can't join in on the fun." He said with a smile and my mouth moved upwards a tiny bit. Noticing this, his eye had a glint to it that made mine seemed a bit duller.

"I don't like what you're planning," I said immediately as he still had the glint in his eye.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He said jovially as we opened the door, already knowing what may be in store for us.

Our good evaporated as we felt the temperature of the room rapidly decrease. Entering it, we can see that the room wasn't cold only that the reception was. From what I could see, it seems like half of the people look at me with an appraisal, most likely of the actions that I "did." While others looked as if they wanted to hang me for breaking the social circle they attempted to form with Roxas, even though he rebuffed them.

"Well isn't this a smart idea," I thought as I fought off to sigh.

Walking up to the professor who seemed intrigued as to the length it took us, we discuss our proposals with him as he gave it some thought. Seeing how both can be used together, he allowed it. However there were a few conditions: salt must come from the ocean when we head to the beach, must have appropriate measurements and so on and so forth.

Smiling to ourselves, we soon went to a table to discuss the finer points as to some of the things.

Eventually, after the other classes that followed, Roxas quickly managed to cement himself in my circle of friends. Eventually, though all good things had to end as we all went back to our homes at the end of the day.

While laying down on my bed, I looked up at my ceiling, deep in thought of the incident back at the class. My hand unconsciously moved to touch my lips, a feeling of sadness mixed with joy filled up my very being. Eventually, I drifted to sleep, a smile etched onto my face with silent tears springing up with the last thought that this is the best day in a long time.